Tablet binding compositions
AssigneeChemLink Laboratories, LLC
InventorRyan Giffin Moore
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Abstract
Provided are tablet binding compositions for binding cleaning and/or disinfecting formulation components into tablets. The tablet binding compositions are suitable replacements for traditional tablet binder compounds, such as boric acid or zeolites. The tablet binding compositions provided herein can produce tablets of increased hardness at lower compression forces and, when dissolved, yield solutions of increased clarity compared to some traditional binder compounds. Also provided are processes for preparing the tablet binding compositions and methods for formation of tablets containing the tablet binding compositions.
Claims9
A method of producing a tablet containing a component, comprising:
- blending together a sodium acetate salt and a C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant that is a gluconolactone to form a tablet binder composition, wherein:
- the C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant is an anhydrous crystalline or anhydrous powder form having a particle size greater than 250 μm and is present in an amount from 20% to about 80% by weight of the tablet binder composition;
- the sodium acetate salt is an anhydrous crystalline or anhydrous powder form having a particle size greater than 250 μm and is present in an amount from 80% to about 20% by weight of the tablet binder composition;
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- the ratio of the C6 saccharide derivative sequestrant to the acetate salt is in the range of about 4:1 to about 1:4;
- mixing the component with an amount of the tablet binder composition from about 10% to about 25% by weight of the tablet to produce a uniform mix that does not contain zeolites, boric acid, borates or perborates;
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- forming the uniform mix into a tablet having a tablet friability of about 1% or less by compression by:
- depositing the uniform mix into a press mold or die;
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- applying a compression force of about 1750 pounds per square inch (PSI) to compress the mix to produce the tablet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.